Reed-organ



(No Model.) Bl NORTON.

REED ORGAN.

No. 270,974. Patented Jan.23, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REED-ORGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,974, dated January 23, 1883, Application filed April 14, 1882. (No model.)

action of a reed-organ. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of the action. Fig. 3 is a view of one end of the action, the end block being omitted to show the several parts. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of a portion ofthe action. Fig. 5 is a view of the'under side ofthe windchest; and Fig. 6 is a view of a detached part,

to be hereinafter described.

My invention relates to reed-organs, its obzo ject being to increase the volume and variety of tone.

To this end theimprovementconsists in the arrangement and construction of parts, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

To enable others to make anduse my improvement, I will describe it in detail and its mode of operation.

The reed-frames A, in which the ordinary sets of reeds are placed, are fastened on the Wind-chest F, and are shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. ,Theparts usually attached to theseframes as the mutes m and swell n-are shown in Fig. 3. The frame B, Figs. 2 and 3, in which an eXtra set of reeds is placed, is hinged to the key-frame D. A cloth, (1,-Fig. 3, extends around the reed-frame B, is cemented to it and also to the key-frame D. The cloth allows the side Of the reed-frame remote from the hinge to rise and fall, and with the reed and key frames incloses the reeds. The piece b, Fig. 3, is attached to the feed-frame B, and forms a part of it. Holes are made through this piece, Figs. l and 3, in which the pitmen c move and operate the valves d, which are attached to the pitmen. To the front edge of the reed frame, Fig. 2, pieces of cloth e are attached and close the holes in which the reeds are placed. The piece of wood E, Fig. 6, is placed over the cloth pieces and is fastened to the reed-frame. An end -view of the piece E is shown in Fig. 3 by broken lines, and the swell n comes against its edge. The pitmen c are of such length that the keys operate them only when the reed-frame B is raised, and the rod g, levers h and t', Fig. 3, constitute the means for raising it. The spring k, Fig. 3, connects the swells, so that as the lower swell is raised the upper swell is lowered, and the reverse. The key-frame D has the groove o, Fig. 3, on its under side, which extends the whole length of the frame, and connectswith the passage o', Fig. 2, in the end block leading to the windchest, a valve, x, Figs. 2 and 5, in the chest serving to open and close the passage. The reeds are placed in the reed-frame B with their tongues on their under side.

Constructed as above described, the reedframe B being raised, the air passes up th rough the valves d and through the groove o, and down through the passages o', there being a passagein each end blo'ck into the wind-chest. With this construction no valves, a', are needed, the reeds being brought into action by raising the reed-frame B; but the construction may be varied. The reed-frame B may be rigidly attached to the under side of the key frame, as frames are attached to theupper side of the wind-chest, and the rod g and levers h and t' may be dispensed with. With this construction the reeds are brought into action by opening the valves x by means of the stop s, Fig. 3, operating on the rod s', connected to the pivoted lever y. (Shown in Fig. 5.)

Having described my improvement and the mode of its operation, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the reed-frame A, windchest F, key-frame D, having groove o, end blocks E, provided with passages o', leading from said groove to the wind-chest, the reedframe B, having a perforated frame, b, the pitmen c, contained in the frame b, and the valves d, and suitable connecting and operating mechanism, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- LORENZO B. NORTON. Witnesses:

GEORGE TERRY, 0. C. Coeenvs. 

